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GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY
Details
A Rare parcel gilt Silver Reliquary Box and Cover
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
With gently rounded contours, the silver box decorated with a gilt band, the repoussé cover decorated with bands of lotus flowers, rounded shapes, and stipplework, topped by a lotiform knob
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
With gently rounded contours, the silver box decorated with a gilt band, the repoussé cover decorated with bands of lotus flowers, rounded shapes, and stipplework, topped by a lotiform knob
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink and Son, London (SE2632)
Literature
I. Kurita, Gandharan Art, vol. II, 2003, p. 270, fig. 819.